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I got about 4 sentences in and decided I couldn't continue reading.
Poor baby. RIP little one.
In what police describe as one of the most gruesome crimes against a child in recent memory, an infant boy was stabbed, decapitated and mutilated early Sunday.
His 33-year-old mother claimed responsibility, police said.
Otty Sanchez told police that she was “hearing voices” and that the devil made her kill Scott Wesley Buchholtz Sanchez, to whom she gave birth on June 30, San Antonio police spokesman Joe Rios said.
Sanchez used a steak knife to repeatedly stab the nearly 4-week-old baby, then decapitate and mutilate him, Rios said. A police source said the baby was skinned and gutted.
Sanchez then used the knife to stab herself in the chest and abdomen, police said.
Sanchez was detained and taken to University Hospital, where she remained in stable condition Sunday night. She was charged by proxy late Sunday with capital murder, which is punishable by the death penalty. Bond was set at $1 million.
The brutal crime unfolded in a single-story home in the 300 block of Wayside Drive, where police were called just before 5 a.m. According to police, Sanchez lives in the North Side home with her sister and the sister's two children, and Sanchez's mother stays in a small, separate structure behind the house.
Neighbor Elaine Colchin said that just months ago, she was cleaning out her garage when Sanchez's mother stopped by and asked for a discarded baby bed.
“I gave it to her, and she was so happy, she was going to paint it for her new grandson,” Colchin said. “It was a family bed — my daughter, son and husband all used it; now it turned out to be a nightmare.”
It was Sanchez's mother who called police Sunday. She told them she was awakened by Sanchez around 4:30 a.m. She said she saw her daughter sitting with the boy. He had been decapitated, a police report said. Sanchez's mother took the baby, put him on a bed and called police, according to the report.
When police arrived, Sanchez was sitting on a couch, yelling, “I killed my baby. I want to die,” the report said.
An officer found the child's body lying in blood on a bed next to the knife, believed to be the weapon used in the killing, and two swords, which Rios said were not involved in the death. Authorities were seen carrying two bags out of the home, and officials on the scene confirmed that they contained the baby's remains.
The baby was missing body parts, and police were investigating claims the mother made to them about ingesting those parts, sources said.
Colchin was surprised to hear that Sanchez, who brought her baby across the street for a visit last week, is a suspect in the infant's death, though she admits Sanchez sometimes appeared a bit odd.
“She was never aggressive; always sweet,” Colchin said. “She did seem to be living in a world of her own, but she must have been deranged. I feel so sorry for that baby, the little angel.”
Rios said Sanchez did not have a criminal history related to mental illness, but police will investigate that further, and the district attorney's office will handle how Sanchez's mental state affected her actions.
There was one police report on file, from May 2008, when Sanchez's mother called police to report that Sanchez went to Austin and didn't return. In the report, the mother told police she believed that Sanchez went to Austin to use drugs and that Sanchez was not suffering from mental issues.
The two children of Sanchez's sister were home at the time of the baby's death and were not injured.
Rios said initial information showed that the baby was Sanchez's only child. The baby's father, who did not live with Sanchez, was notified. A relative of the father said the family did not want to comment.
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I got about 4 sentences in and decided I couldn't continue reading.
"The baby was missing body parts, and police were investigating claims the mother made to them about ingesting those parts, sources said."
what!??
damn...
Sick needs to die!!
man, wow..........
This is the most ed up story that I've read in a very long time. that should get her head cut off.
That punishment would be too light. She deserves years of brutal torture and extreme pain.
You guys will feel awfully silly when big man in sky comes down to thank her for taking care of business on his day off.
That is ed up on all levels.
Last edited by samikeyp; 07-27-2009 at 10:54 AM.
Initially, I read the article and thought, "This is obviously a case of 'not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect'. Only somebody who was really and truly 'crazy' could do something like that." Then I reread and saw this:
And I thought maybe she was just a druggie and should fry. Then another thought occurred - it might be entirely possible that she does have major mental issues, but the stigma that still comes with mental disease is so strong that her mother would rather falsely blame her daughter's crime on drug use than admit that she's, well, a nut.There was one police report on file, from May 2008, when Sanchez's mother called police to report that Sanchez went to Austin and didn't return. In the report, the mother told police she believed that Sanchez went to Austin to use drugs and that Sanchez was not suffering from mental issues.
I was wondering how long this would take to reach CNN. Not long.
very sad.
Another makes the VIP list.
This is where I'm at right now with the story/case. It's very likely she's schizophrenic and on top of that had postpartum depression (even a psycotic break) when this occurred. While all this horrifies me, I feel deeply for the mother as well. Because she needs some serious help.
kill her and be done with it. Don't put her on Death Row and feed her 3 meals a day for 50 ing years.
Jesus Christ.
she'll be put in a mental hospital or something.
she won't get the death penalty or goto prison.
meth will do that to you
Well you know, the insane abuse drugs as much or more than others. It's "self-medication".
She'll do time
Yesterday, I was looking at Bo's baby book and marvelling at what a precious and tiny little baby he was- such a miracle... truly a gift from God.
The thought of somebody brutally attacking a little baby makes my heart and stomach sick.
You have to been incredibly twisted and mentally ill to do something like that. What a tragedy!
beware the voices.
hormones, post-partum depression
hath no fury ...
This story made me very sad. I couldn't believe what I was reading this morning. If her lawyer tries to use the whole "not in her right state of mind" arguement, it might not fly because of her mother's statement that she went to do drugs in Austin or whatever. I have a feeling that she will do time in prison, but then again, our justice system is a joke and she might just do time in a mental hospital or whatever.
I just feel sick.
And speechless.
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